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(No Model.) 2 Sheeus-Sheet 1.

L. W. HASSELMAN.

STRAW STAO'KER.

No. 311,317. Patented Jan. 27,1885.

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STRAW STAUKER.

No. 311,317. Patented Ja11.2'7,185.

., INVEN U ihviTEn STATES PATENT fiTETcE.

LEIVIS IV. HASSELMAN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,317, dated January 27, 1885.

Application filed October 9, 1884. (No model.)

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Lewis XV. HASSELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Straw-Smokers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of straw-stackers in which a tilting straw-carrier adapted to oscillate in a horizontal plane is mounted on suitable running-gear to enable it to be easily moved from place to place.

The object of my improvement is to facilitate the folding of the straw carrier down upon the runninggear when not in use, thereby lowering the center of gravity in transportation,and the raising of the same into position.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation showing the stacker folded for transportation. Fig. 2 represents aside elevation of the stacker in working position; Fig.3, a vertical sec tion at a a, Fig. 2.

A is a horizontal frame mounted on suitable carrying-wheels.

B is a straw-carrier, consisting of a conveyer-trough traversed by a conveyer belt, to which motion is given by means of sprocketwheels b and 0, chain d, bevel-gears e and f and g h, pulley i, and belt j, the whole construction and arrangement of these parts being well known in this class of machines.

0 is a bolster having uprights k k at each end, to which the straw-carrier is pivoted, so as to swing vertically thereon, and said bolster is pivoted to the upper cross-timber of a frame, D, so as to turn in a horizontal plane thereon.

Frame D has heretofore been erected on the top of frame A and rigidly secured thereto.

In my improved machine, for the purpose of sustaining the straw-carrier at a proper height to receive the straw from a thrasher, and at the same time permitting the carrier to be brought down close to the bed-frame for transportation, frame D is now made of such width as to pass easily between the sides of frame A, and is provided with trunnions Z Z, which are secured to frame D at about midway of its length, and are mounted in suitable bearings on frame A, so that frame D may swing therein,so as to stand plumb, as in Fig. 2, or inclined at an acute angle, as in Fig. 1. Trunnions Z Z are hollow and form bearings for the driving-shaft an, only one at a time being used for that purpose, as the said shaft does not extend clear across, but may be put in from either side.

For the purpose of swinging frame D, and thereby raising or lowering thereceiving end of the straw-carrier, and also for tilting the straw-carrier, so as to raise or lower its discharging end, rope n is secured at one end to the lower end of frame D, passed from thence over a pulley, 0, suspended from the end of the straw-carrier, thence downward under a pulley, 1), attached to the lower end of frame D, and thence upward to a Windlass, r, secured to the forward part of frame A. The rear end of the straw -carrier is supported, when lowered, by a light frame, E, secured to the rear end of frame A, and the front end by a pair of short uprights, F, erected onthe forward end of said frame.

In operation, the machine being in the position shown in Fig. 1, by turning Windlass 1', so as to wind rope or thereon, the lower end of frame D is first drawn forward, swinging the frame on its trunnions, and thereby raising the upper end of the frame and the strawcarrier until said frame is perpendicular, at which point it is arrested by a pair of braced stops, 3, secured one to each side of frame A. A further winding of rope a on the Windlass draws the front end of the strawcarrier downward, thereby raising the rear end to any required degree, where it is held by a pawl, t, engaging the ratchet-wheel 011 the windlass. The weight of the straw-carrier thus operates to hold frame D in a vertical position.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a straw-stacker, of the bed-frame, the swinging frame pivoted so as to swing vertically on and extending above and below said bed-frame, and the 3. In a straw stacker, the combination, with the bed-frame, the swinging frame, and the straw-carrier, of the Windlass, and the rope connecting said Windlass, swinging frame, and straw carrier, whereby said swinging frame is raised and the straw-carrier tilted, in the manner shown and described LEWIS W. HASSELMAN.

turning straw-carrier mounted on said swing- I ing frame, all substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, in a straw-stacker, of the bed-frame, the swinging frame pivoted so as to swing Vertically on and extending above and below said bed-frame, a stop secured to said bed-frame and adapted to engage said swinging frame, and the turning straw-car- Witnesses: rier mounted on said swinging frame, all subl H. P. 1100]), stantially as specified.

M. CARSTEN. 

